Beef dispute leads to 355 further temporary lay-offs

ABP have confirmed this morning that 355 workers have been let go temporarily from its plant at Cahir, Co Tipperary.

The plant is a flagship facility for ABP, employing 650 people and slaughter cattle and produces and packs products for retailers.In a statement the company said "a further 182 jobs are threatened before the end of the week". ABP has been blockaded for some weeks, some local negotiations had been taking place with protesters during that period.

It says production has ceased in Cahir, adding that the job losses are "as a direct result of the ongoing illegal blockade. The protestors have stopped any product going in to or leaving the site". ABP said it was dismayed that the blockade of its plant was continuing even after agreement with the main farming organisations to resolve the dispute was reached.Concerns beef blockades may continue at factory gates

When is someone going to say enough is enough? Farmers were offered a deal and agreed and now they don’t. THOUSANDS of factory workers, haulers, cleaning crews, disposal units have lost their jobs. The way it’s going the industry is being ruined by this and won’t recover.

Time to get out of the beef industry

RTE please run an article on the no. of rural Ireland jobs that are at risk of being lost as a result of a result of factory greed ? We need to be made aware of the 100K’s of jobs that are supported by our beef farmers. 100% of farmers income is circulated to our Irish economy

Why are staff on Temporary Contracts in the first place?

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